The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC) is an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), informally known as the Earth Summit, held in Rio de Janeiro from June 3 to 14, 1992. 1 On June 12, 1992, 154 nations signed the UNFCCC, that upon ratification committed signatories' governments to a voluntary "non-binding aim" to reduce atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases with the goal of "preventing dangerous anthropogenic interference with Earth's climate system."
Since the UNFCCC entered into force, the parties have been meeting annually in Conferences of the Parties (COP) to assess progress in dealing with climate change, and beginning in the mid-1990s, to negotiate the Kyoto Protocol to establish legally binding obligations for developed countries to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. From 2005 the Conferences have met in conjunction with Meetings of Parties of the Kyoto Protocol (MOP), and parties to the Convention that are not parties to the Protocol can participate in Protocol-related meetings as observers.
1996 – COP 2 | Geneva, Switzerland
1997 – COP 3 | Kyoto, Japan adapted of The Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change
1998 – COP 4 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999 – COP 5 | Bonn, Germany
2000 – COP 6 | The Hague, Netherlands
2001 – COP 6 | Bonn, Germany
2001 – COP 7 | Marrakech, Morocco
2002 – COP 8 | New Delhi, India
2003 – COP 9 | Milan, Italy
2004 – COP 10 | Buenos Aires, Argentina
2005 – COP 11 / MOP 1 | Montreal, Canada
2006 – COP 12 / MOP 2 | Nairobi, Kenya
2007 – COP 13 / MOP 3 | Bali, Indonesia
2008 – COP 14 / MOP 4 | Poznań, Poland
2009 – COP 15 / MOP 5 | Copenhagen, Denmark
2010 – COP 16 / MOP 6 | Cancún, Mexico
2011 – COP 17 / MOP 7 | Durban, South Africa
2012 – COP 18 / MOP 8 | [TBD] Qatar & South Korea
UNFCCC via climatelab.org/UNFCCC
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change via en.wikipedia.org
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